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Elite Baiter Joined: 19 Apr 2008 Posts: 1301

I would normally just put this in 'Surplus' (it will be the rich benefactor type scam) but the theme of the scam mail is so strange I thought I'd share it here. Feel free to send all your dental queries to the Wikipedia munching idiot below.

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THIJS DENTAL LIMITED
Kerkstraat 44 Noordwijk,
The Netherlands.
+31 71 361145
[email protected]

Hello Dear,

I seek your permission to peruse this message with interest and a heart full of Love, as a retired professional dentist i have experienced a lot in Life and the Life of human-being is not much different from animals, in-fact there are lots of U.S Citizens that donated almost their achievement to equip my company as a specialist, some are childless while suffering different dental diseases having Gums separate from the teeth, forming pockets (spaces between the teeth and gums) that become infected. As the disease progresses, the pockets deepen and Periodontal diseases range from simple gum inflammation to serious disease that results in major damage to the soft tissue and bone that support the teeth.

Many are living like birds without teeth to eat quality food some are resulted in accident also at advance age. we have been campaigning on free dental care and have contributed so much in this nation, as a retired dentist considering my age and life experience i deemed it necessary to extend dental contribution abroad, hereby distributing dental equipment and finances that was donated to my company because we received more than enough equipment and cash donation. I have decided to have you receive eight hundred and fifty thousand dollars 850,000 USD to equip and extend free dental care to people around you, this amount was donated by late Ruth Thompson from Columbus, Ohio who spent her entire life in Netherlands while suffering series of tooth ache. Kindly provide your complete mailing details, bank account details, attach driver's license or international passport and provide your cell phone number to prepare the release of said amount directly to you.

With regards,

Dr. Andre Thijs
THIJS DENTAL LIMITED
Kerkstraat 44 Noordwijk,
The Netherlands.
Email: [email protected]

Posted: Mon Oct 14, 2013 8:50 am

I suppose I'll have to write back telling the tooth, the whole tooth, and nothing but the tooth.

Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2013 7:52 pm

haha! Nice one! Maybe someone should reply to him in Dutch!
Any trace on the headers?
The address is indeed that of a dental shop; van Leeuwen.
The phonenumber is missing one digit but for the rest matches the phonenumber of the scam-dentist.

Posted: Tue Oct 15, 2013 8:20 pm

I have informed the REAL dental technician by mail, that his company info or parts of the company info are being used in a scam. I gave him a short explanation on how and what. Maybe he should contact the police about this. In the meantime it would in my opinion be very interesting to bait this lad, and see what comes up.

Pete; are you interested in baiting this lad? If so, can we stay in touch, and team up a bit? I could inform the dental technician about progress and such. I`m Dutch myself.

Elite Baiter Joined: 19 Apr 2008 Posts: 1301

Rawhide,

I did actually send him the following around 2 days ago but haven't yet had a reply. Maybe I should try again with less sardonic tone:-

Quote:

Dear Dr Thijs

You are so correct. Dental health is a most neglected area of health and it is wonderful that a philanthropist like you is keen to bring it to the attention of the masses and indeed to help the great unwashed attain dental excellence. I would love to help you in your quest to improve the dental health of the nation. What a kind man you are as is Ruth Thompson who I hope you will thank for her benevolence.

Anyway, I am well placed to help you in this project and I am attaching the required identification. You may contact me as follows:-

James Dodger
12 Bolloxhampton Rd
Heme
UK

Sincerely

James Dodger II.

PS. No clues from the headers - the originator address is not given by the domain provider (Microsoft).

Posted: Wed Oct 16, 2013 10:58 am

THIJS DENTAL LIMITED wrote:

there are lots of U.S Citizens that donated almost their achievement to equip my company as a specialist, some are childless while suffering different dental diseases having Gums separate from the teeth, forming pockets (spaces between the teeth and gums) that become infected. As the disease progresses, the pockets deepen and Periodontal diseases range from simple gum inflammation to serious disease that results in major damage to the soft tissue and bone that support the teeth.

My mother is a college teacher, so I have seen many examples of where students attempt to merge their own writing with blocks of text copied off the net (this does not work with my mother, she is truly masterful at spotting it), but this is by far the worst attempt I have ever seen.

The impressively poor segment quoted contains not just 1 or 2, but 3 blocks of text copied from various dentistry sites and poorly merged together.
(It's also interesting to see how many dentistry sites out there copy eachother word for word...)